A. Submittal. Applications for land use and development permits shall be filed on forms provided by the purpose by the Planning Director. The application shall be made with all required information and fees.
B. Fees. Fees shall be set out by resolution adopted by the City Council. Fees shall differentiate between various processes and applications and no part of the fee shall be refunded unless approved by the Planning Director.
C. Amendments to forms. Application forms may be amended by the Planning Director. The Planning Commission shall first review and approve all proposed amendments as New Business Items.
D. Completeness. In reviewing an application for completeness, the following procedure shall be used:
1. When an application is received by the City, the Planning Director shall immediately determine whether the following essential items are present. If they are not, the Planning Director may choose not the accept the application, in which case the application shall be immediately returned to the applicant:
a. The required form;
b. The required fee; and
c. The signature of the applicant on the form, and signed written authorization of the property owner of record if the applicant is not the owner.
2. Completeness.
a. After the application is accepted, the Planning Director shall review the application for completeness. If the application is incomplete, the Planning Director shall notify the applicant in writing exactly what information is missing within thirty (30) days of the application and allow the applicant 180 days to submit the missing information;
a. In accordance with the application submittal requirements, the application shall be deemed complete upon the receipt by the Planning Director of all required information. The applicant shall have the option of withdrawing the application or refusing to submit information requested under (a), above. For the refusal to be valid, it shall be made in writing and received by the Planning Director no later than fourteen (14) days after the date on the letter of incompleteness. If the applicant refuses in writing to submit the missing information, the application shall be deemed complete for the purposes of processing on the 31st day after first acceptance of the application.
E. The City shall take final action on permit applications which are subject to this chapter, including resolution of all appeals, within 120 days from the date the application is deemed complete. Any exceptions to this rule shall conform to the provisions of ORS 227.178. This 120-day rule does not apply to legislative comprehensive plan and text amendment applications as defined under ORS 227.178.
F. Standards and criteria. Approval or denial of a complete application shall be based upon the standards and criteria that were applicable at the time the application was first accepted. (Ord. 1080, 2001)